Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will update the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit's £20 billion estimate of the cost of alcohol harm in the year 2001, published as interim analytical report in September 2003.

Lord Drayson: The aim of the defence industrial strategy (DIS) is to improve the MoD's procurement activity and ensure that the capability requirements of our Armed Forces are met. We continue to monitor the implementation of the DIS and are confident that it will have a positive impact on current procurement programmes as well as future programmes.
	Examples of where the DIS is already having a positive impact include: a strategic partnership with AgustaWestland which will ensure greater availability of helicopters; the formation of the Defence Equipment & Support organisation which will deliver through-life capability management within the MoD's acquisition community; and the appointment of the defence commercial director who will shape MoD relationships with industry.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: No political party was consulted about the Government's plans to merge the Assets Recovery Agency and the Serious Organised Crime Agency in advance of the Written Statement on 11 January (Official Report, 11 January 2007 Vol.455, col. 21WS).

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many times they have overridden the scrutiny reserve of (a) the House of Commons European Scrutiny Select Committee; and (b) the House of Lords European Union Select Committee; and whether they will provide a list of the proposals thus enacted in each case.

Lord Triesman: The table below provides information on the number of overrides in each House since the Government began sending twice-yearly lists to the chairmen of the House of Lords European Union Committee and the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee. The House of Lords European Union Committee has commented on the lists in each of its three annual reports since 2004. Figures for the second half of 2006 are currently being compiled and will be sent to the committees shortly.
	
		
			 Occasions the Scrutiny Reserve resolution has been overridden . 
			 Period House of Lords House of Commons 
			 Jan-June 2003 30 26 
			 July-Dec 2003 34 33 
			 Jan-June 2004 13 16 
			 June-Dec 2004 20 22 
			 Jan-June 2005* 28 52 
			 July-Dec 2005 17 19 
			 Jan-June 2006 15 12 
			 * Figures for the first half of 2005 include a period when Parliament was dissolved and a period immediately after the opening of Parliament before the European Union Committee in the House of Lords and the European Scrutiny Committee in the House of Commons could be appointed. 
		
	
	I am unable to provide a list of the proposals enacted in each case as this would incur disproportionate cost because officials would need to consult the correspondence between the lead Minister and the chairman of the committee to supply the noble Lord with this information.

Baroness Andrews: The Government expect more than 160,000 households to access home ownership through private or public shared equity schemes by 2010—doubling original plans.
	There are currently three shared equity ownership products:
	Open Market HomeBuy—allows the purchaser to choose a home on the open market, which they purchase with the help of an equity loan, alongside a conventional mortgage. Half of the equity loan is provided by their mortgage provider and half by Government. Both equity loans are free from all charges for the first five years;New Build HomeBuy (including the first time buyers initiative)—helps the purchaser to buy a share in a new build property, while paying rent on the unowned share; andSocial HomeBuy—enabling local authority and housing association tenants to buy a share in the property in which they currently live, starting at 25 per cent.
	New Build and Open Market HomeBuy are open to social tenants, those on housing waiting lists, key workers, and other first time buyers identified as priorities by regional housing boards (RHBs).
	Since October 2006, four mortgage lenders (Halifax, Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies and Advantage) have jointly funded equity loans for Open Market HomeBuy. This will enable government funding to help twice as many households.
	Across the country, 23 new "HomeBuy Agents" are providing a one-stop shop on low cost home ownership opportunities in their area.

Lord Triesman: We are concerned at the effect the Citizenship and. Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) 2003. The law prevents the granting of residency status in Israel to most Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. The emergency order on which the current law is based expired on January 16, but it has been extended for a further two months. In January 2007, an Israeli non-governmental organisation filed a petition to the Israeli High Court against the order. We also understand that the Government of Israel are considering new legislation dealing with this issue. We will continue to monitor events.
	We are also concerned at Israeli practices which restrict entry into Israel for Palestinians who live outside Israel and the Occupied Territories and are married to Israeli citizens. We will raise our concerns with the Israeli Government.

Baroness Tonge: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they have made any recent representations to the Government of Israel to sign up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Lord Davies of Oldham: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to London on the basis of the terms of the host city contract signed by the IOC, the Mayor of London (on behalf of the city) and the British Olympic Association, and in reliance on the terms of guarantees given by individuals or bodies who are not parties to the host city contract in support of London's Bid. Once a host city is selected and the host city contract is signed, the IOC expects the commitments in the host city contract and those given by third parties by way of guarantee to be honoured.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The information requested is contained in the following table. The working definition of an act of concerted indiscipline is an incident in which two or more prisoners act together in defiance of a lawful instruction or against the requirements of the regime of the establishment. The indiscipline may be active or passive and those involved may not necessarily be acting in a common cause.
	
		
			 Acts of Concerted Indiscipline Between 2001-06 
			 Establishment Name 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Albany  1 0 1 0 
			 Altcourse 2 2 1 2 0 
			 Ashfield 2 3 0 0 1 
			 Ashwell   1 1 1 
			 Aylesbury 1  0 0 1 
			 Bedford  1 1 0 1 
			 Belmarsh  1 1 3 2 
			 Birmingham   0 1 1 
			 Blakenhurst  3 1 1 1 
			 Blundeston 1 1 3 1 1 
			 Brinsford 2  0 0 1 
			 Bristol 2  3 1 1 
			 Brixton 2 1 4 5 2 
			 Brockhill 1 1 4 3 5 
			 Bronzefield2 1 
			 Buckley Hall  2 1 1 2 
			 Bullingdon 1 1 6 2 2 
			 Bullwood Hall   1 5 2 
			 Camp Hill 1  0 0 2 
			 Canterbury 2  2 2 0 
			 Cardiff 1 2 0 2 2 
			 Castington 4 2 1 2 3 
			 Chelmsford  1 1 1 1 
			 Cookham Wood 1  1 0 0 
			 Dartmoor 1 4 1 0 0 
			 Deerbolt 1 3 2 3 1 
			 Doncaster 1  1 0 1 
			 Dorchester  1 0 0 0 
			 Dovegate 5 2 1 1 1 
			 Dover   0 1 3 
			 Downview 1 2 1 4 10 
			 Durham  2 0 0 0 
			 Eastwood Park 1 2 1 1 3 
			 Edmunds Hill   0 0 1 
			 Elmley   0 2 1 
			 Erlestoke   0 0 1 
			 Escort Area 2 (S Wales & West Court Area)   0 1 0 
			 Everthorpe  3 0 0 0 
			 Exeter 6 1 4 1 2 
			 Featherstone 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Feltham 2 1 3 3 7 
			 Forest Bank 1 2 1 5 1 
			 Foston Hall   0 1 0 
			 Frankland   1 2 0 
			 Full Sutton 3  0 2 1 
			 Garth 2 1 1 1 3 
			 Gartree  1 0 1 0 
			 Glen Parva 1 1 1 0 0 
			 Gloucester  2 0 0 0 
			 Grendon   1 0 0 
			 Guys Marsh 2 3 2 1 1 
			 Haslar  1 2 2 0 
			 Haverigg  2 1 1 2 
			 High Down 1 3 1 5 2 
			 Highpoint 4 3 6 1 1 
			 Hindley  5 7 4 4 
			 Hollesley Bay 1  0 0 0 
			 Holloway  1 0 1 1 
			 Holme House  2 0 0 1 
			 Hull 2 1 3 1 0 
			 Huntercombe 1 2 1 0 2 
			 Kirkham  1 0 0 0 
			 Lancaster  2 0 0 2 
			 Lancaster Farms  1 5 1 5 
			 Leeds 1 1 0 5 1 
			 Leicester  2 1 2 0 
			 Lewes   2 3 2 
			 Lincoln 2 6 3 1 1 
			 Lindholme 1 4 5 3 5 
			 Littlehey  1 0 0 0 
			 Liverpool  1 0 0 0 
			 Long Lartin 1 2 3 0 0 
			 Low Newton 2  1 0 1 
			 Lowdham Grange   0 1 0 
			 Maidstone 1  1 0 0 
			 Manchester 2 4 2 0 1 
			 Moorland 1 2 2 1 0 
			 Morton Hall  2 2 0 0 
			 Mount 1 4 1 1 1 
			 New Hall 1 1 6 2 0 
			 Northallerton 1 1 1 6 1 
			 Norwich 1 3 2 0 1 
			 Nottingham   1 1 4 
			 Onley  1 0 1 0 
			 Parc 3 2 15 8 1 
			 Parkhurst 4 1 0 1 0 
			 Pentonville 1 1 2 1 0 
			 Peterborough Male 5 
			 Portland 3  0 2 0 
			 Preston  1 2 0 0 
			 Ranby 5 3 1 0 1 
			 Reading 3 1 0 0 0 
			 Risley   1 7 3 
			 Rochester 1  1 0 0 
			 Rye Hill 3  0 3 0 
			 Send   1 0 2 
			 Stafford  2 1 3 2 
			 Stocken  1 0 0 3 
			 Stoke Heath 2  2 1 5 
			 Styal  1 0 5 1 
			 Swaleside  3 2 0 0 
			 Swansea   0 0 1 
			 Thorn Cross   1 0 0 
			 Verne   0 1 0 
			 Wakefield   0 0 1 
			 Wandsworth 1 2 3 4 0 
			 Wayland   1 2 0 
			 Weare  3 5 6 0 
			 Wellingborough   3 1 2 
			 Werrington 1 1 0 1 2 
			 Wetherby 3 2 1 3 1 
			 Whitemoor 1 1 5 0 2 
			 Winchester  2 1 1 0 
			 Wolds  1 1 2 0 
			 Woodhill 7 6 0 1 1 
			 Wormwood Scrubs 3  0 1 0 
			 Wymott   1 0 0 
			 Totals 116 147 163 163 141

Lord Bassam of Brighton: This is an operational matter for Network Rail as the owner and operator of the national rail network. The noble Lord should contact Network Rail's chief executive at the following address for a response to his question: John Armitt, Chief Executive, Network Rail, 40 Melton Street, London NW1 2EE.

Lord Alton of Liverpool: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they have made an assessment of the remarks of Jan Pronk, the former United Nations Special Representative to Darfur, on the further deterioration of the situation in Darfur in the last two months of 2006 and the increasing strength of the Government of Sudan.